My grandfather, Albert Wallace Lightcap, was born in McIntosh, South Dakota on September 15, 1914 to Ernest and Henrietta (Doose) Lightcap. He had one brother, Paul. Wally died in Dubuque, Iowa in 1975.
He married Eunice Strelesky in 1936. Together they had seven boys: Tom, Bill, Ted, Gary, Greg, Jack, and Joel. Gary died in infancy.
His obituary was published in the Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) on November 16, 1975.
Transcription of obituary:
Entered Into Eternal Rest
Thursday, Nov. 13, 1975
A.W. Lightcap
Services for A.W. “Wally” … [Read more...]

Eunice StreleskyEunice (Strelesky) Lightcap, daughter of John Joseph "Jack" and Ernestine (Sanders) Strelesky, was born in Sheridan, Wyoming, on December 21, 1915, and died on November 15, 1998, in Dubuque, Iowa. The picture at the left is her 1933 high school graduation.
My grandmother's obituary was published November 18, 1998, in the Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, Iowa), page 6C. The obituary incorrectly states that my grandparents married in 1935 in Dubuque, Iowa. They actually married on March 17, 1936, at St. Mary's Church in Freeport, … [Read more...]